A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS\' CHOICE From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a suspenseful and poignant story of a family coping with the sudden mental decline of their beloved husband and father--an engineer who they discover is involved in an ominous secret military project Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with his wife, Dina, visiting with their two children whenever possible.
Zvi rises to the occasion, proposing a Tunnel that would not dislodge the family..
Living secretly on the proposed route, amid ancient Nabatean ruins, is a Palestinian family under the protection of an enigmatic archaeological preservationist.
The challenge of the road, however, is compounded by strange circumstances.
To keep his mind sharp, Zvi decides to take a job as the unpaid assistant to Asael Maimoni, a young engineer involved in a secret military project: a road to be built inside the massive Ramon Crater in the northern Negev Desert.
Now he is showing signs of early dementia, and his work on the tunnels of the Trans-Israel Highway is no longer possible.
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS\' CHOICE A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a suspenseful and poignant story of a family coping with the sudden mental decline of their beloved husband and father--an engineer who they discover is involved in an ominous secret military project Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with his wife, Dina, visiting with their two children whenever possible.
The Tunnel--wry, wistful, and a tour de force of vital social commentary--is Yehoshua at his finest. . .
But when his wife falls sick, circumstances begin to spiral .
Zvi rises to the occasion, proposing a Tunnel that would not dislodge the family.
Living secretly on the proposed route, amid ancient Nabatean ruins, is a Palestinian family under the protection of an enigmatic archaeological preservationist.
The challenge of the road, however, is compounded by strange circumstances.
To keep his mind sharp, Zvi decides to take a job as the unpaid assistant to Asael Maimoni, a young engineer involved in a secret military project: a road to be built inside the massive Ramon Crater in the northern Negev Desert.
Now he is showing signs of early dementia, and his work on the tunnels of the Trans-Israel Highway is no longer possible.
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS\' CHOICE From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a suspenseful and poignant story of a family coping with the sudden mental decline of their beloved husband and father--an engineer who they discover is involved in an ominous secret military project Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with his wife, Dina, visiting with their two children whenever possible
